OrganoClick selected to achieve the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals.
Following a global search, OrganoClick has been selected as one of 16 companies to lead global business in achieving the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal. Unreasonable Goals is a partnership between the U.S. State Department and Unreasonable Group with the singular focus of accelerating achieving the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by leveraging market forces.
Being selected as one of the 16 companies selected for this mission is an incredible honor. OrganoClick was chosen for its innovations and technologies that can take lead in achieving goal number 12 - Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns. OrganoClick CEO Mårten Hellberg; “We aspire to be the leading company in the development of sustainable chemistry and materials within our segments. We thrive on a “product to market” – spirit within our company and to achieve our global goals we are now ready to take our business to the next level. OrganoClick is ready to take leadership to unlock the opportunities that lies ahead when changing current fossil based materials into bio-based alternatives.”
On the 25th of September 2015, world leaders from 193 countries came together at the United Nations and adopted a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (the “Global Goals”) to end poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and tackle climate change by 2030.
OrganoClick will be joining the US State Department and 15 other companies from around the world in a two-week program in July to develop their strategies and partnerships in tackling each of the 17 SDGs. This two-week program will bring together leaders from the US State Department, investors, mentors from organizations such as Tesla, Google X, Facebook, Johnsson & Johnsson and multinationals to actively work with OrganoClick and other companies in driving the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
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For more information, please contact:
Mårten Hellberg, VD OrganoClick AB
Telefon: +46 8 684 001 10, marten.hellberg@organoclick.com
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About OrganoClick
OrganoClick AB (publ) is a public Swedish cleantech company listed on Nasdaq First North. The company develops, produces and markets functional materials based on environmentally friendly fiber chemistry. Examples of products that are marketed by OrganoClick are the water-repellent fabric treatment OrganoTex®, the flame and rot-resistant timber OrganoWood®, green biocomposites branded OrganoComp®, biobinders for nonwoven materials and BIOkleen®s cleaning and maintenance products for house and home. OrganoClick was founded in 2006 as a commercial spin-off company based on research performed at Stockholm University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences within environmentally friendly fiber chemistry. OrganoClick has won a number of prizes, such as "Sweden's Most Promising Start -up" and "Sweden's Best Environmental Innovation", and has also received a number of awards, such as the WWF "Climate Solver" award and has also appeared for two years on the Affärsvärldens and NyTekniks list of Sweden's top 33 hottest technology companies. OrganoClick has its head office, production and R&D located in Täby, north of Stockholm. OrganoClick's Certified Adviser on Nasdaq First North is Erik Penser Bank.